<br><br>From: <b>Melody Trujillo</b> <<a href="mailto:mgtrujil@ucsc.edu">mgtrujil@ucsc.edu</a>><br>Date: Monday, February 12, 2024<br>Subject: Matchbox Magazine: Publication opportunity for your students!<br>To: <br><br><br><div dir="ltr"><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline">Hello, </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">My name is Melody Trujillo and I am a student editor at Matchbox Magazine, an annual UC-wide literary and visual arts publication. I am reaching out to you today because we are accepting undergraduate submissions for our 18th edition (prose, poetry, visual art, music, and spoken word). Our mission is to platform underrepresented student voices across the UC system, particularly artists with a diversity of intersectional identities, experiences, and radical visions for expression. For our 18th issue, our final deadline for student submissions is</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline"> this Wednesday, February 14th. </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">If you have not seen our previous editions around your campus before, then you can also</span><a href="https://matchboxmagazine.org/publications/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"> check them out on our website</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"> or via our</span><a href="https://www.calameo.com/accounts/7184920" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"> issue catalog on Calaméo.</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">Matchbox is a wonderful opportunity for students who have not been previously published to receive recognition for their work. Last year, we received approximately 500 submissions thanks to our contacts at UC Riverside, ultimately enabling us to represent the collective artistry of UC undergraduates in our 17th edition. We hope to have a large presence of UCR undergraduates in this year's issue, and we can make that happen with your help!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">Students can submit their work to Matchbox Magazine at </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,255);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><a href="mailto:matchboxmagazine@gmail.com" target="_blank">matchboxmagazine@gmail.com</a></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"> or by using the QR code on the attached flier. Feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns. You can also message us on </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/matchboxmagazine/?hl=en" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,255);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">Instagram</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">, or contact us directly at </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,255);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><a href="mailto:matchboxmagazine@gmail.com" target="_blank">matchboxmagazine@gmail.com</a>.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">Submissions at a glance: </span></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:10pt;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">We will be accepting submissions from now until 2/14/2024 (limited to UC undergraduates)</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:10pt;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">Submissions can be sent directly to <a href="mailto:matchboxmagazine@gmail.com" target="_blank">matchboxmagazine@gmail.com</a> or by using the QR code in either attachment </span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:10pt;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">All schools represented in our magazine will receive copies of our 18th edition to be circulated among their student body</span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">I have attached submission fliers below and would greatly appreciate it if you could virtually distribute them to your students via email or your campus’ Learning Management System (i.e. Canvas).</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">Thank you for your time, and I look forward to hearing from you.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">Best regards,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">Melody Trujillo</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">Editor-in-Chief </span></p></span><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Melody Trujillo </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">(she/her)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">University of California, Santa Cruz (</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:14.6667px">B.S. Literature )</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:11pt">Stevenson College Program's Assistant </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:11pt">Creative Writing Program Intern</span></p><p style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:11pt">Matchbox Magazine </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:14.6667px">Editor-in-Chief</span></p></span></div></div></div>
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